clarify
verb (used with object)
to make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible; to free from ambiguity.
were clarifying
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past progressiveof clarify.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The administration framed the move as a price-cutting initiative and said they weren’t changing any laws but rather were clarifying provisions of the Bayh-Dole Act.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 28, 2023
Kharkiv's Ihor Terekhov said officials were clarifying what had been hit and whether there were any casualties.
From Reuters ● Dec. 29, 2022
Benedict and John Paul were clarifying doctrine after the Second Vatican Council.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 27, 2015
In his mind the real and the unreal were clarifying into an accurate whole.
From A Fool There Was by Porter Emerson Browne
This narrow stream was unruffled by wind; its current was sluggish and its muddy waters were clarifying under the influence of the now fast-rising tide.
From Tales of Fishes by Zane Grey
